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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. As a premium car company, it is our ambition to lead the way in sustainability.

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EU should target 1M EV public chargers by 2024, 3M by 2029 say carmakers, environmentalists and consumer groups

Green Car Congress

—Oliver Zipse, ACEA president and CEO of BMW. The groups also called on the European Commission to propose replacing the directive with a regulation as it would help harmonize re-charging standards, payment methods for consumers, tariff transparency, maintenance, and other issues across the EU common market.

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40,000 pre-built charging piles in North America, the status quo of charging piles in Europe, America and Japan

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therefore , European Association of automobile manufacturers ?ACEA? Andreas, vice president of product strategic management of BMW · Auman pointed out , The charging of electric vehicle owners is mainly concentrated in three places —— home ,Office and public places.“

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As An EV Maker, What Does It Take to Win the EV Race?

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The Race Among The Automobile Manufacturers The internal combustion engine (ICE) has powered our cars for over a century and is being gradually replaced by electric vehicles (EVs). Particularly this week, we are going to discuss the companies involved in the race. in 2020 and the trend is not going down.

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

Europe Is Getting Organized In February 2021 , the European Union was advised by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association that binding targets should be set to have one million electric vehicle charging stations set up by 2024 and three million in place by 2029.